Alert NRIs, for fake MBBS admission
ring in India
USA, Aug. 03, 2005
Gary Singh
NRI press
Paying bribery to secure admissions to MBBS professional
colleges is nothing new. It has been going on for
years
NRI quota "confirmed admissions"
or "direct admissions" or "admission
guidance" to MBBS are very popupar names are
used by touts
"The touts promise seats in well-known colleges
and charge money accordingly. Later they tell the
candidates that they couldn’t manage seats in
those colleges and offer to get them admitted to lesser-known
institutions. Some touts become under ground. Some
NRIs are trapped by fake touts
The paid seats are mostly for colleges in Maharashtra
or Karnataka. In those states there is nothing
illegal about paying money to get into professional
courses. What is illegal, though, is a matter of percentages.
It functions something like this: most of the colleges
have what is known as a management quota. That means
that the people who are on the management boards of
colleges can nominate their own candidates to, say,
x per cent of seats. Getting candidates admitted to
these seats is perfectly legal (how ethical it is,
is of course another matter. After all, why should
some candidates benefit from their proximity to certain
people? And then it is easy to see how this leads
to candidates trying to curry favours with these people.
But let’s not get into that for the moment).
The illegal part starts when the number of people
admitted to the management quota exceed the given
quota, that is students are admitted to x+a per cent
of the seats. "The management quota is misused
by these touts in connivance with the college authorities,
which also get a cut from the money the touts make,"
says the director of a coaching centre. "Sometimes
the candidates get admission even before the entrance
exam is held," he adds.
Many of the state’s engineering and medical
colleges are controlled by the same ministers and
legislators responsible for regulating fees. Merit
lists, centralised admissions? Don’t worry. At
colleges like Terna, just get 50 per cent, pay up,
and your seat is assured.
NRI, (non-resident Indian) was duped By Delhi Dr.
Kulkarni for falsely promising to get his daughter
admitted to a management institute in Sikkim.
See Below Full Story:
Delhi
Doctor duped an NRI of Rs 5.79 lakh by falsely promising
to get his daughter admitted to a management institute
in Sikkim.
Doctor held for fake admission ring
NEW DELHI, Aug 4, 2005
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
A doctor, claiming to be an MD in psychiatry, has
been arrested from south Delhi for running an admission
racket in which he duped several persons by falsely
promising to get their children admitted in reputed
medical and management institutes.
The accused, Sunil Kulkarni, was arrested just when
he stepped out of a restaurant in Hauz Khas on Tuesday.
However, it was not his ingenuity in taking people
for a ride, but the way he behaved with his family
members that has shocked many. When the police raided
his Sarita Vihar residence, they found that Kulkarni
had confined his wife and four children in the flat
for several months.
The cops returned empty-handed when they went there
for the first time as the flat was locked. When they
went there again, a neighbour told them that he had
heard some children crying inside the flat. They broke
open the lock and found the kids, a 15-year-old son
and three daughters aged between six and nine, along
with their mother.
"He never allowed them to venture out alone
all this while. He tried to convince them by telling
them that there was a threat to his life from unknown
elements and that they could also target his family,"
said deputy commissioner of police (EOW) Prabhakar.
In fact, all the four children were withdrawn from
school by Kulkarni eight months ago. They were all
students of a prestigious school in Noida. Kulkarni
apparently also ensured that lights were not switched
on in the night as it would, he claimed, attract the
attention of the men who wanted to harm him. Kulkarni's
wife, however, has refused to lodge a complaint against
him saying that he did not intend to harm them.
A post-graduate in medicine from a Nagpur college,
Kulkarni was arrested after he duped an NRI of Rs
5.79 lakh by falsely promising to get his daughter
admitted to a management institute in Sikkim. The
girl had already secured admission in the NRI quota,
but Kulkarni persuaded her father to apply in the
management quota which he said would be cheaper.
According to police, Kulkarni was more of an education
consultant than a medical practitioner. He claimed
to be a consultant with management institutes all
over India. Some other 'qualifications' listed in
his resume include MA, Ph. D, MIRPM, DBM, DPH, DPA
and DSW.
